4:00 PM
Welcome | Director 1
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
GYN | Contouring/Planning I: Cervix and Intact Uterine Cancer | Director 1
Faculty:
Case I: Early-Stage Cervix
Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego
Case II: Late-Stage Cervix (Hybrid)
Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
Case III: Inoperable Uterine Cancer
Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Physics | How to Start a GYN HDR Program: Physics Perspectives | Director 2
Moderator:
Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University
Faculty:
Clinic Workflow for GYN Brachytherapy
Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson University
Brachy Suite vs Non-dedicated Room
Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University
Quality Assurance of Applicators
Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Quality Assurance for Plans and Treatments
Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
GYN | Contouring/Planning II: Vaginal Cancer, Uterine Cylinders and Recurrence | Director 1
Faculty:
Case I: Vaginal Cylinder (Post Hysterectomy)
Marisa A. Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Case II: Uterine Recurrence (Intracavitary Only)
Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center
Case III: Vaginal Cancer (Interstitial)
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Physics | Automation in GYN Brachy: AI or AyAyAII…? | Director 2
Moderator:
Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Faculty:
Use of MRI in GYN Brachy: MRI-guided vs. MRI-based vs. MRI-informed: TG 303-
Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Deformable Image Registration and Dose Accumulation
Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast | Sinatra 8
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
GYN | Cervix: Imaging and Planning | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Contours/OARs
Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego
Integrating MRI and CT
Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center
Ultrasound (Transabdominal/Transrectal)
Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
GYN | Cervix: Applicators and Techniques | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Tandem and Ovoid
Beth Erickson, MD, FABS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Hybrid Approaches
Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
Nursing; Anesthesia Care for Cervix
Kayla Kafka-Peterson, RN
UCLA
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Physics | Difficult Cases and Tips and Tricks (A Roundtable Discussion) | Sinatra 9
Moderator:
Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University
Faculty:
Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson
Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Functions 8-9
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Hands-on-Workstation | Sinatra 10/14
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Varian Lunch Symposium | Master Class: Hybrid GYN | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Sushil Beriwal, MD, MBA, FABS
Vice President, Varian Medical Affairs
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
GYN | Uterine Cancer | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
RT in the Molecular Subtype ERA
Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver
Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy
Beth Erickson, MD, FABS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Inoperable Uterine Brachytherapy
Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Physics | Safe Practice to Avoid Errors: How Safe is Safe? | Sinatra 9
Faculty:
Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
GYN | Complex Cases | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Vaginal Cancer
Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
Prostate for the GYN Brachytherapist
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Complication Management
Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Physics Round Table | Sinatra 9
Faculty:
Patient Communication
Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University
Errors and How to Fix Them
Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Depth of End-to-End Verifications When you Start / Restart a New Program
Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Functions 8-9
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hands-on-Workstation | Sinatra 10/14
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Networking Reception
Prostate Workshop: Hands-On Workshop From Fundamentals to Advanced Practice
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Blue Earth Breakfast Symposium | Understanding POSLUMA | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Elizabeth Hawk, MD, PhD
Stanford Medicine
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Advocating for Brachytherapy During Tumor Board | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Mira Keyes, MD, FABS, FRCPC
BC Cancer Center
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Prostate | Brachytherapy Patient and Dose Selection | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Monotherapy
Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Combotherapy
Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health
Salvage
Marisa Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Prostate | Doing an Implant | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Anesthesia Options for Perineal Procedures
Albert Chang, MD
UCLA
Essentials of an LDR Implant
Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Essentials of an HDR Implant
Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Calaway Young Cancer Center at Valley View Hospital
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Physics | How to Start a Prostate HDR Program: Physics Perspectives | Sinatra 9
Moderator:
Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson University
Faculty:
TRUS Based Prostate HDR for Both the Beginner and Advanced User
Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University
CT Based Prostate HDR
Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Prostate | Brachytherapy Chartrounds | Sinatra 8
Moderators:
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Faculty:
LDR Review
Ankit Agarwal, MD
Western Radiation Oncology
Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Mira Keyes, MD, FABS, FRCPC
BC Cancer Center
HDR Ultrasound Review
Arun Goel, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health
Marisa Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
HDR CT/MRI Review
Albert Chang, MD
UCLA
Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Calaway Young Cancer Center At Valley View Hospital
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Physics | The Role of the Physicist in Preplanned PSI Brachytherapy | Sinatra 9
Moderator:
Gil'ad Cohen, MPH
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Faculty:
Everything You Wanted to Know About TG128 But Were Afraid to Ask
Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Adaptive and Accurate LDR BT
Gil’ad Cohen, MPH
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Physicist Role in MRI-Assisted LDR Prostate Brachytherapy
Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Teleflex Lunch Symposium | Barrigel Spacer: Safe and Controllable Spacing | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Valley View Calaway•Young Cancer Center
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Prostate | Hands-On LDR Prostate | Sinatra 10/14
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Prostate | Hands-On HDR Prostate
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Networking Reception | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
Breakfast Symposium | Essentials of LDR Brachytherapy in the Spirit of Brian Moran | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Prostate | Making Sense and Looking Forward | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Lessons Learned in HDR Fractionation
Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health
AR/VR in Prostate Brachytherapy
Cira Mollings Puentes, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Physics | Quality Assurance for Physicists Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy | Sinatra 9
Moderator:
Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Faculty:
Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Firas Mourtada
PhD, FABS, Thomas Jefferson
Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Prostate | How I Do It | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
MRI-assisted Brachytherapy
Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center
DIL Boost
Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Management of Side Effects After Brachytherapy
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
Prostate | Brachytherapy Practice Building | Sinatra 8
Faculty:
Building a Prostate Brachytherapy Practice
Ankit Agarwal, MD
Western Radiation Oncology
Arun Goel, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Utilizing Nursing in Your Brachytherapy Practice
Kayla Kafka – Peterson, RN
UCLA
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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